Stripers and gator blues feed on bunker and sand eels in the surf, Raritan Bay hosts a solid bass bite, and tog fishing is better around the jetties and inlets than the wrecks.
Stripers blitz on sand eels, peanuts and adult bunker along the beaches and tog are caught from the jetties to the wrecks as the 5-fish blackfish limit begins.
Striped bass fishing is stellar with schools of bunker and big sand eels fueling near-shore blitzes, and giant bluefin tuna have even been spotted tearing through the bait schools.
Stripers and bluefish storm the surf chasing peanut and adult bunker, and big sea bass are caught on bottom in this week's Northern New Jersey Fishing Report.